Class and Homework Schedules in Outlook

[jpzuken]

I would like to use Outlook to track Homework assignments and Class
Schedules. I am currently using "Recurring Appointments" to indicate the
class schedules and "Tasks" for homework assignments. However, this is quite
awkward as it is difficult to track the tasks relative to the calendar and
vice versa. Anyone have ideas on how to:
1. Show/Print a Class Schedule?
2. Show/Print a Class Schedule including homework assignments and due dates?
3. Show/Print homework assignment calendar with milestones related to
homework assignments, e.g:
CLASS: Contemporary Evangelism
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT: Book Report 1 DUE: 11/1/2004
HOMEWORK STEPS: Select Book DUE: 10/12/2004
HOMEWORK STEPS: Read Book DUE: 10/20/2004
HOMEWORK STEPS: Initial Draft DUE: 10/27/2004
HOMEWORK STEPS: Final Draft DUE: 10/30/2004
HOMEWORK STEPS: Turn In DUE: 11/1/2004

Right now I'm having to track each of these steps separately in TASKS. If
there is a way to set reminders on milestones within tasks it would help
greatly. You may have better Ideas.
A Student Planner module for Outlook would be a great addition for those of
us for whom learning seems to be a life-time adventure.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You might want to see if the TaskLine tool from http://www.taskline.com
works well for this.

 

[jpzuken]

Hello Sue:

The url is incorrect. It should be http://www.taskline.info.
The product looks interesting. It would be very nice, however, if MS
Outlook had a "Student" version that incorporated class schedules and
homework tracking.

Thanks,

Jim

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Thanks for the correction.

If Microsoft built a separate version of the product for each industry,
they'd probably never get anything else done. Outlook is very customizable
and programmable. Someone with good ideas on how a student module might work
could make a little money with shareware (or perhaps maybe more than a
little).

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers